ACRONYMS This is a collection of acronyms use around the the Internet. There are many many variations with more being created all the time. Your best bet when you run into one you don't know is to ASK. ____________________________________________________ BBL...............Be Back Later BFN...............Bye For Now BRB...............Be Right Back BEG...............Big Evil Grin BTW...............By The Way FUBAR............."Fixed UP Beyond Recognition FWIW..............For What It's Worth FYI...............For Your Information (g) ...........Small Grins (G) ...........Bigger Grins (grin)............Grinning (GRIN)............Grinning big gd&h..............grinning, ducking and hiding gd&r..............grinning, ducking and running gd&r,vvf..........grinning, ducking and running very very fast HSIK..............How Should I Know IAE...............In Any Event IANAL.............I Am Not A Lawyer INAL..............I'm Not A Lawyer IMO...............In My Opinion IMHO..............In My Humble Opinion IOW...............In Other Words JFYI..............Just For Your Information LOL...............Laughing Out Loud LMAO..............Laughing My OFF NOYB..............None Off Your Business OIC...............Oh, I See OYL...............Out To Lunch OTOH..............On The Other Hand PITA..............Pain In The PMFJI.............Pardon Me For Jumping In PMJI..............Pardon My Jumping In PTB...............Powers That Be *POOF*............Gone- I am out of here. Left the place. RNA...............Ring No Answer (telephone term for problem) ROTF..............Rolling On The Floor ROTFL.............Rolling On Floor Laughing RSN...............Real Soon Now SNANFU............Situation Normal All Fouled UP Sysop.............System Operator (person in charge of system) TANJ..............There Ain't No Justice TANSTAAFL.........There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIA...............Thanks In Advance TIC...............Tongue In Cheek TPTB..............The Powers That Be TTFN..............Ta Ta For Now (used in the UK by the RAF instead of Good Bye) (and adopted by the US 8th Air Force) (Good Bye was considered unlucky) TTYL...............Talk To You Later WOA................Work Of Art WTH................What the Heck or (H----) WYSIWYG............What You See Is What You Get EMOTICOM (noun) A figure created with the symbols on the key board Emotion Meaning ------- ------- .-] ...........User has one eye .-) ...........User has one eye :-i ...........Semi Smily :-% ...........User has beard :-o ...........User singing :-t ...........User is cross :-? ...........User smokes a pipe :- ...........User is male :-=) ...........Older user with mustache :-\ ...........Undecided user :-p ...........User sticking his tonque out (at you) :-)' ...........User tends to drool :-'| ...........User has a cold :-}8 ...........User is well dressed :-D ...........User talks too much :-# ...........User's lips are sealed :-o ...........User is shocked :-* ...........User ate a sour pickle :-)-8 ...........User is a big girl :-s ...........User after BIZARRE comment :-o ...........User is surprised :-| ...........No exression- 'that comment doesn't phase me' -:-) ...........User has a mohawk and admires Mr. T :-& ...........User is tongue tied :-9 ...........User licking its lips :-( ...........Sad :-> ...........Hey Hey :-)X ...........User has bow tie :-0 ...........User is great orator :-#| ...........User has bushy msutache :-@ ...........User is screaming :-} ...........User wears lipstick :-) ...........Joke, Happy, Smiley :-x ...........My lips are sealed :-| ...........Hmm have an ordinary day :-( ...........Sad or Boo hoo <-:I ...........Dunce >- ...........Female >:-< ...........Very angry #-| ...........User Partied All Night [~._ .~] ~~ > >